Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYMAN J. PARSONS, OF WATERBURY, AND WARREN M. PARSONS, OF

KILLINGWORTH, CONNECTICUT.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,108, dated May 25, 1880.

- Application filed February 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LYMAN J. PARsoNs, of Waterbury, county of New Haven, and WARREN M. PARSONS, of Killingworth, in the county of Middlesex, State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,

and represent, in-

Figure 1, a top View; Fig. 2, a transverse section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of washing-machines in which the cleansing is performed by a beater alternately pressing the articles in the machine to force out the water, and then letting them again absorb water to be againsqueezed, .and so on 5 and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the tub, one side, B, ,of which is provided with the'series of ribs similar to a common washing-board.

O is the rubber or heater, which is pivoted, as at c, to the lower end of a swinging arm, D, at each end, hung above, as at d.

E is a driving-shaft, hung in suitable bearings F, and which is made to revolve by means of a crank, G, or otherwise.

H is a crank, from which a pitman, I, ex-

as from the position in broken lines 2 to the position in broken lines 3, then lifting, as to broken lines 4. This last movement is made while pressing the articles in the tub against the board B, and gives to them a rubbing effect. The spring -rod L makes the pressure and rubbing somewhat yielding, corresponding to hand-rubbing, the result being to not only squeeze the articles, but to rub them, greatly facilitating the work of cleansing.

We are aware that an oscillating rubber in a washing-machine is not new, and therefore do not broadly claim such a rubber.

We claim-- In a washing-machine, the combination of the tub A, fitted with the working side B, the rubber O, pivoted to the arm D,'and said arm pivoted to the side of the tub above the. rubber, the crank H, and spring L, said crank rigidly connected to one end of the spring above the tub, the other end of the spring rigidly connected to the rubber, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

LYMAN J. PARSONS. WARREN M. PARSONS.

Witnesses JOHN E. EARLE, J 0s. 0. EARLE. 

